Noun: varða
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | varða |
| Sg. Def. | varðan |
| Pl. Indef. | varður |
| Pl. Def. | varðurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | varðu |
| Sg. Def. | varðunnar |
| Pl. Indef. | varðna |
| Pl. Def. | varðnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | varðu |
| Sg. Def. | varðunni |
| Pl. Indef. | varðum |
| Pl. Def. | varðunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | varðu |
| Sg. Def. | varðuna |
| Pl. Indef. | varður |
| Pl. Def. | varðurnar |
Sample Sentences
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ᛂᛚᛚᛁᚴᚱ᛫ᛍᛁᚴᚢᛆᚦᛍ᛬ᛍᚮᚿ᛬ᚱ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛒᛆᛆᚿᚿᛂ᛬ᛐᚮᚱᛐᛆᚱᛌᚮᚿ᛬ᚮᚴᛂᚿᚱᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᚮᛍᛍᚮᚿ᛬ᛚᛆᚢᚴᛆᚱᛑᛆᚴ᛫ᛁᚿ᛬ᚠᛦᚱᛁᚱ᛫ᚵᛆᚴᚿᛑᛆᚵᚼᛚᚮᚦᚢ᛫ᚢᛆᚱᛑᛆᛐᛂ᛫ᚮᚴᚱᛦᛑᚢ᛬
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/El͡likr · Sikuaþs:so͡n:r · ok · Baan͡ne : Torta͡rson ok Enriþi · Osson : laukardak·in : fyrir · gakndag hloþu · ua͡rda te · ok rydu./
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Ärling Sigvatsson and Björne Torfridsson and Endre Åsesson, the Saturday before Rogation Day, laid cairn ”te and rydu” (some expression). [c. 16th century, Greenlandic Norse inscription on the Kingittorsuaq Runestone]
Nouns inflected like varða
skyrta,
skessa,
ábreiða,
þjónosta,
þjónusta,
abbadissa,
abbatissa,
allraheilagramessa,
lǫgrétta,
írska,
þurka,
þerna,
þerra,
þella,
deila,
festa,
gedda,
genta,
gipta,
gráða, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Germanic *warþō, an extension of a stem-verb *warōną (“be on guard”). See also Old High German warta (“watch”), Old Saxon warda, Middle Dutch warde.
2. Transferred from a root cognate to English ward, the term initially referred to a guard station or similar. Often outfitted with cairns, initial reasons unclarified, later as markers, lookouts or beacon-platform, etc, the term was transferred as a synonym for said cairns. Compare Swedish vårdkase (“fire beacon”). See: English Nouns '
ward', Swedish Nouns '
vårdkase'.
Verbs referencing "varða"
Old English Nouns
weard, Icelandic Nouns
varða, Swedish Nouns
vård.
Translations